University of Toronto startup to aid pharmacists with Canada’s vaccine rollout
The number of people who have been vaccinated in Canada inches higher with each passing day, but millions more will require shots before the country can escape the pandemic.
Watch: Using AI to protect air passengers in a pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unparalleled crisis for the airline industry: International and domestic air travel has slowed considerably...
Online farmers’ markets valuable when crisis events like COVID occur
AI-powered symptom checkers can potentially reduce the number of people going to in-person clinics during the pandemic, but first, researchers say, people need to know they exist.
UM’s latest breakthrough in fungal spore research helps reduce risk of fungal infection for...
A team led by Prof Wong Koon Ho in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) has made a breakthrough in understanding the biology of fungal spores...
University of Waikato to introduce vaccination requirement on campus
Following a consultation process, the University of Waikato has decided to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for staff, students and contractors accessing its campus and sites.
Gut health compromised in severe COVID-19
The study is published today in Frontiers in Immunology by researchers from King’s with funding by the Medical Research Council via the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium, and support from the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ BRC.
Covid-19 couldn’t curb enthusiasm for sustainability
The Pūrongo Toitū te Taiao | 2021 UC Sustainability Report, released this week, shows that 574 students were members of UC’s Eco Volunteer programme in 2021, many of them enlisting to help deliver...
Just how far can kindness travel?
Opinion: Can New Zealanders care about people in low-income countries when we have our own pressing social problems? Nikki Turner speaks to UNICEF Aotearoa.
Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests
Two Cambridge-led studies suggest that the psychological distress caused by lockdowns (UK) and experience of infection (US) was reduced among those of faith compared to non-religious people.
McMaster researchers receive SSHRC funding to study economic and labour impacts of COVID-19 pandemic
Three McMaster researchers have received nearly $75,000 combined from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
